Barrel-washing machine.



No. 637,854. Patented Nov. 28, I899. A. BANNER.

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BARREL WASHING MACHINE.

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NITED STATES ADAM DANNER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

BARREL-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,854, dated November 28, 1899.

Serial No. 727,353. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LADAM DANNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, W'estchester county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for washing and scrubbing barrels.

The invention comprises novel means for lifting the barrels out of the soaking-tank, a novel construction and arrangement of the brushes, and various other features of improvement by which the manipulation is facilitated,a thorough cleansing is effected, and objectionable wear avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved barrel-washing machine; Fig; 2, a plan showing the scrubber in section on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 2, a detail of cam f Fig. 3, a detail of the brake mechanism; Fig. 4, an end view, partly in section, of the scrubber; Fig. 5, a detail of the mechanism for vertically adjusting the side brushes; Fig. 6, a detail of the top-brush holder; Fig. 7, a plan of the side brush and holder; Fig. 8, a perspective view of one of the side brushes; Fig. 9, a longitudinal section of the slide Z on line 9 9, Fig. 10; and Fig.10,a section on line 10 10, Fig. 9.

The letter a represents the soaking-tank of the barrel-washer, provided with inclined bottom rails or and side rails a, which are laterally adjustable, so as to center barrels of difierent sizes. Across the rear end of tank a is hung a main shaft b, which receives interlnittentrotating motion from pulley b in manner hereinafter described. To the shaft 1) are attached a pair of parallel lifters c c, Fig. 2, which raise the partly-filled barrel out of tank a and transferfit to a pair of inclined rails d, along which it rolls to the scrubber. Each lifter c is made in the form of a true circle, which turns on its center, and is provided with a segmental recess 0', that j oins the perimeter of the circle at an acute angle to form a hook 0 The two ends of the notch or recess 0 thus merge into a curved edge that extends concentrically around the center line of the shaft 7), which constitutes the axis of the lifter.

The shaft 1) is so rotated that when the recess c is opposite the row of barrels in tank a it dwells for a considerable length of time to permit the foremost barrel 6 to roll over the beak of the hook into the recess. The shaft then makes a complete turn to convey the entrapped barrel to the inclined rails d and again present the recess a to the line of barrels. Thus each barrel has ample time to roll into the recess, and an empty lift is prevented.

The curved periphery of the lifters servesas a stop to hold the row of barrels back as the lifters rotate and detain the next barrel at such a radial distance from shaft 1) that it will lie directly in front of the recess when the latter again faces the barrels. A cook a permits the sediments to be drawn off tank a.

The driving-pulley b transmits continuous rotating motion to a counter-shaft f by wheels b b 12 f and chain f, the transmission shown in the drawings causing one rotation of shaft f for eight revolutions of pulley b. The shaft f carries a cam f, the groove of which is engaged by a pin f passing through the slotted end of lever f, the other end of which when thrown inward is adapted to lock the pulley b to shaft 1) by clutch f At each eighth revolution of shaft f the cam will so oscillate lever f as to lock the pulley to shaft 1) for a complete revolution of the pulley and to then release the pulley from the shaft. In this way the shaft 1) will participate in each eighth rotation of shaft f, and

thus the intermittent rotating motion of the lifters c, hereinabove referred to, is obtained.

By sliding pin f out of engagement with cam f the intermittent rotary motion of shaft 12 may be stopped. A tappet f on shaft f operates abrake-leverffl carrying shoe f This shoe engages a brake and balance wheel b fast on shaft 1), Fig. 3, while such shaft is to remain stationary and releases it while the shaft is to rotate. Thus a prompt and accurat'ely-timed action is assured.

The inclined rails d deliver the barrels one by one upon the conical heads g of a pair of parallel shafts g, hung across frame B of the brush that cleans its sides and of two lateral brushes that clean its heads and chime. All of these brushes are so hung that when a barrel rolls upon its seat they will be momentarily displaced by such barrel and will then at once resume their operative position. This feature I consider of importance, as it prevents the brushes from becoming used up or damaged by violent impact, and thus their life is greatly prolonged.

The upper brush h is curved to correspond to the contour of the barrel-staves. Its head It is clamped to a holder 712, which is by a stop-hinge h pivoted to a vertically-adjustable rack 72.. This rack is engaged by pinion 7L by which it is set, and is locked in position by pawl and ratchet h The holder h carries the sprinkler h and is provided with a lever h upon which is mounted the weight 71 Figs. 1 and 6. l/Vhen a barrel rolls upon its support, the brush will be displaced or tilted in the line of barrel motion and will swing back into its proper position when the barrel has settled upon its seat.

The side brushes for scrubbing the heads and chimes are laterally displaceable and are made'of the peculiar form illustrated in Fig. 8that is, the twigs, bristles, ratan, or other material which forms the scrubbing-body of the brush is short and straight along one edge of the brush-head 4?, as at 11, and is partly overlapped by the longer and inclined bristles t", &c., that form the main body of the brush. The innermost tufts or rows of straight bristles t', which are overlapped by the inclined bristles 2", taper in length to form an inclined edge which is parallel to and abuts against the outermost inclined edge of the bristles t". In this way open dirt-accumulating spaces between the bristles 2' i are avoided and the tapering straight bristles serve as an abutment for the inclined bristles. The brush made as described will thus have a notched and undercut edge of peculiar construction which will engage the chime of the barrel, Fig. 7, while the inclined bristles 'i will engage the head and also both sides of the recess beneath the chime. As this recess isvery apt to harbor dirt, it is particularly desirable that it should be thoroughly scrubbed, and I consider the construction of the brush by which this desirable object is attained of great importance.

The brushes are capable of vertical and also of backward and forward adjustment to set them to barrels of different sizes, and they are furthermore adapted to slide laterally in and out, so as to clear the chime and engage justably clamped to slide Z by screw Z the head as the barrel rolls into its place. The construction is as follows: j are vertically-movable cross-heads engaging rails j of frame 13 and connected to a crank-shaft by links 9' This shaft is locked in position by a pawl and ratchet j and may be rocked to raise or lower the cross-heads by leverf, engaging spanner-hole of head j. Each crosshead j carries a bracket 3' to an upwardlyextending arm of which is fulcrumed an elbow-lever is, carrying weight The lower arm of the elbow-lever engages a laterallymovable slide Z, guided on bracket 9' by rollers j engaging elongated slots Z of the slide. In order to set the brushes laterally farther in or out to fit shorter or longer barrels, the engagement between the parts 70 Z is efiected by an intermediate socket Z which is ad- This socket is engaged by the lever k, and if the position of the slide is to be changed that of the socket is first correspondingly adjusted. The forward end of the slide Z carries the bearings Z of a set-screw 'm, that engages a tapped lug n of the brush-holder n. This set-screw permits the brush to be set in a radial direction toheads of different diameters, so that the brush may work well into the corners underneath the chime.

The operation of myimproved machine will be readily understood. The brushes being properly adjusted, the barrels will be raised at intervals out of the soaking-tank and transferred by the lifters c to the scrubber. As each barrel rolls upon its seat it will swing the upper brush sidewise and slide the lateral brushes outward; but as soon as the barrel is properly seated the brushes will at once resume their operative positions by means of their weighted-lever connections. The barrel will now revolve rapidly several times, to be thoroughly rinsed and scrubbed, and will then be bodily thrown off its seat by impact with the next barrel as the latter rolls into place. Thus a continuous operation goes on and each barrel will be thoroughly cleansed in all its parts in an efiective and reliable manner.

What I claim is 1. A barrel-washer provided with a soaking tank, a rotatable shaft, and a circular lifter concentrically mounted upon the shaft and having a curved segmental recess that merges into the perimeter'of the disk which extends concentrically around the shaft, substantially as specified.

2. A barrel-washer provided with a frame, a brush adapted to engage the side of abarrel, alaterally-swinging brush-holder, a weighted lever secured to the brush holder,aVertically adjustable rack, and a stop-hinge for pivoting the brush-holder to the rack, substantially as specified.

3. A barrel-washer provided with a frame, a vertically-adjustable bracket, a slide, roll ers mounted on the slide which engage the bracket, a weighted lever pivoted to the bracket and actuating the slide, and a brush secured to the slide, substantially as specified.

4. A barrel-washer provided with a frame, a vertically-adjustable bracket, a slide, rollers mounted on the slide which engage the bracket,a socket, means for adj ustably clamping the socket to the slide, a weighted lever pivoted to the bracket and engaging the socket, and a brush secured to the slide, substantially as specified. w

5. A barrel-Washer provided with a frame, a vertically-adjustable bracket, a slide, rollers mounted on the slide which engage the bracket, a weighted lever pivoted to the bracket and actuating the slide, bearings on the slide, a set-screw engaging the bearings, and a brush-holder engaged by the set-screw, substantially as specified.

6. A barrel-washer provided with a frame, a crank-shaft, means for rocking and locking said shaft, a pair of cross-heads, links that connect the crank-shaft with the cross-heads,

brackets having arms and carried by the cross heads, weighted levers pivoted to the bracketarms, a pair of slides'guided on the brackets and actuated by the weighted levers, and brushes secured to the slides, substantially as specified.

7. A barrel-washer provided with a frame, a soaking-tank, a main shaft, a lifter mounted thereon, aloose pulley on the shaft, a counter-shaft driven thereby, a cam on the counter-shaft, and a clutch-lever and clutch adapted to intermittently lock the loose pulley to the main shaft, substantially as specified.

S. A barrel-Washer provided with a frame, a soaking-tank, a main shaft, a lifter and brake-wheel mounted thereon, a loose pulley on the main shaft, a counter-shaft driven thereby, a cam and tappet on the counter shaft, a clutch-lever, clutch and brake operated thereby, the clutch and brake being adapted to intermittently engage the pulley and brake-wheel respectively, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State of New York, this 14th day of August, 1899.

AD. DANNER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SoHULz, F. v. BRIESEN. 

